Tomorrow I’ll be headed to San Antonio, Texas, to join my wife who’s there for business, and to visit some good friends. I know that there are rumors that the one and only true reason for my trip to San Antonio is an opportunity to raid...
Topics: Books, Diary, Emotions, Pointless remarks, Random remarks

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 … just not one of mine … … but it certainly and easily could have been one!The following is a quote from a book I just finished (and recommended earlier: this is how chapter 21 starts in "The Black Hole War" by the...
Topics: Books, Diary, Funny, Math, Pointless remarks, Random remarks, Science

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“What are you looking at?” asked my wife while she walked up behind me, looking at my computer screen.Me: “something I absolutely NEED!!!”She: (The look!)I sighed, and answered “A Digitech RP250 Multi-Effects/Modeling...
Topics: Diary, Music, Random remarks

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Warning: The following post is “indecent but not obscene” [US Supreme Court case 438 U.S. 726 (1978)]  Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, and Tits. Rest in peace, man.And thanks!
Topics: Emotions, In the news, Sad

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 Shamelessly stolen from, well, … actually, I forgot, but it’s all over the Internet.Vicious Dog Pack Kills Gator in FloridaAt times nature can be cruel, but there is also a raw beauty and even a certain justice manifested within that...
Topics: Animals, In the news, Nature, Weird stories

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